Multi-purpose hair curler



T. W. RIENDEAU MULTI-FURPOSE HAIR CURLER Sept. 20, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1Filed March 5, 1959 INVENTOR. 77mm 14. R/smnu Sept. 20, 1960 w, RIENDEAU2,953,139

MUL'I'I-PURPOSE HAIR CURLER v Filed March 3, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FEJG1-12. 18

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TLOMAS R I E NDEAU limited States Patent MULTI-PURPOSE HAIR CURLERThomas W. Riendeau, Hollywood, Calif., assignor of onetenth toGadget-Of-The-Month Club, Inc., North Hollywood, Calih, a corporation ofCalifornia Filed Mar. 3, 1959, Ser. No. 796,904

6 Claims. (Cl. 132-41) This invention relates to hair styling apparatusand more particularly to a multipurpose hair curler.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a multipurpose haircurler which will enable women to stylishly set their hair at home in asimple and efficient manner.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a hair curler forprofessionally styling hair at home which can be used to provide varioustypes of waves and cur-ls with a minimum amount of experience.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide amulti-purpose hair curler of the above type that is easy to use, willnot injure the hair, and which can be readily manipulated to provide thedesired type hair style.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a multipurpose hair curlerbearing the above objects in mind Which is of simple construction, has aminimum number of parts, is inexpensive to manufacture and eflicient inoperation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention,reference may be had to the following detailed description taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, with parts broken away, of a hair curlermade in accordance with the present invention in a fully assembledclosed position;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of a cap member forming a part ofthe present invention;

Figure 3 is a transverse cross sectional view taken along line 3-3 ofFigure 2;

Figure 4 is a transverse cross sectional View taken along line 44 ofFigure 2;

Figure 5 is a side elevational view of a clamp member forming anotherpart of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a transverse cross sectional view taken along line 66 ofFigure 5;

Figure 7 is a transverse cross sectional view taken along line 77 ofFigure 5;

Figure 8 is a side elevational view, partly in section, of a slidemember forming another part of the present invention;

Figure 9 is a right end elevational view of the member shown in Figure8;

Figure 10 is a side elevational view of a base member forming anotherpart of the present invention;

Figure 11 is a transverse cross sectional 'view taken along line 1111 ofFigure 10;

Figure 12 is a left end elevational view of the member shown in Figure10;

Figure 13 is a right end elevational view of the member shown in Figure10;

Figure 14 is a bottom plan view of the assembly shown in Figure 1;

Figure 15 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse cross sectional view ofcertain parts of the base member shown in Figure 10, together with areleasable connecting element forming another part of the presentinvention;

Figure 16 is a top plan view of a coupling forming an accessory for useWith the present invention;

Figure 17 is a left end elevational view of the coupling shown in Figure16; and

Figure 18 is a top plan view of a plurality of hair curlers made inaccordance with the present invention secured in assembled relationshipby means of the coupling member shown in Figure 16.

Refer-ring now more in detail to the drawing, a multipurpose hair curler20 made in accordance with the present invention is shown to include abase member 22 having guide means in the form of longitudinal grooves24, 26 that slidably receive longitudinal ribs 28, 30, respectively of aslide member 32 which maintain the parts in assembled relationship. Asis clearly shown in Figure 8 of the drawing, the slide member 32 isprovided with a tongue 34 at one end that is slidably received throughan aperture 36 in one end wall 38 of the base member 22 which also hasareces-s 40 for purposes hereinaiter more fully described. This end wall38 of the base member 22 is also provided with a pair of outwardlyextending pintles 42 which are rotatably received within side openings46 of a substantially hollow semi-cylindrical clamp member 48, as shownin Figures 5 to 7.

Each side edge of the clamp member 48 is provided with a longitudinalseries of undulating reentrant portions 50 that serve to cooperate withsegmental helical grooves 34 in the slide member 32 to curl or wave thehair during actual use of this apparatus. The opposite end of the clampmember 48 from the pivot openings 46 is provided with a pair of inwardlyopening indents 52 that releasably receive a pair of outwardly extendingdetents 54 on the opposite end wall 56 of the base member 22, suchdetents 54 releasably securing the clamp member 48 in clamping overlyingengagement with the slide member 32. This end of the clamp member 48 isalso provided with a pair of outwardly extending pintles 58 thatrot-atably engage within aligned openings 60 at opposite sides of a capmember 62, shown in Figures 2 to 4 of the drawing.

This cap member 62 is also of substantially hollow semi-cylindricalconfiguration and has indents 64 at the one end opposite the pivotopenings 60. These indents 64 releasably receive detents 66 integralwith the end of the clamp member 48 adjacent to the pivot openings 46.

The operation of this hair curler will now be readily understood. If itis desired to make a finger wave, the clamp member 48 with the capmember 62 snugly carried thereon is rotated about the pintles 42 to anopen position, and the :lock of hair is placed over the helical grooves34 of the slide member 32. The clamp member 48 together with the capmember 62 carried thereby is then moved into closing engagement with thelock of hair, thus forming the finger wave and securing it in place bythe engagement of the detents 54 within the indents 52 of the clampmember 48. If it is desired to make a standard wave, the clamp member 48is permitted to remain in the closed position, and only the cap member62 is opened by rotating it about its pivotal connection with thepintles 58 on the clamp member, fol lowing which the lock of hair isplaced upon the outer surface of the clamp member 48 and the cap member62 returned to the closed position.

If it is desired to make a series of waves adjacent to each other, acoupling member 68, as shown in Figures 15 to 18, having a plurality ofbranches or connectors 72 may be used to secure :a plurality of suchcurlers 20 in spaced apart parallel relationship. Each such branch 72 isprovided with a bulbous portion 74 that is releasably received withinthe recess 40 in each one of the lcurler end walls 38, thus releasablylocking the group Patented Sept. 20, 1960 i 3 of curlers together. Ofcourse, various other combinaations of curls, waves, and the like may bereadily fashioned from the use of this apparatus, in order to suit aparticular hairstyle or fashion. Since the pants are preferablyconstructed from molded plastic material, they are sufficientlyresilient to accommodate the various clamping and pivotal movements.

While various changes may be made in the detail 'construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of theUnited States is:

1.' A multi-purpose hair'cu-rler comprising, in com- 7 bina'tion, aslide member including a substantially hollow semi-cylindrical elementhaving a plurality of longitudinally extending ribs, a base member ofsubstantially segmental cylindrical shape having a plurality oflongitudinal grooves slidably receiving said longitudinally extendingri'bs of said slide member th'erewithin, a wavefonming clamp memberpivotally supported at one end upon one end of said base member forselective clampi-ng movement of said slide member, and a cap memberpivotally supported atone end upon the opposite end of said clamp memberfor selective closing movement upon said clamp member.

2. The combination according to claim '1, wherein the exterior of saidslide member defines a plurality of helical groove segments.

ber therewithin.

4. The combination according to claim 3, wherein said hollowsemi-cylind1ical clamp member includes a pair of side edges defining aplurality of undulating reentnant portions for forming waves with saidhelical 'groove segments.

5. The combination according to claim 4, wherein said base memberfurther includes end walls at opposite ends, one of said end wallsdefining an aperture, and said slide member having a longitudinallyoutwardly extending tongue slidably received within said aperture ofsaid one base end Wall.

6. l -he combination according to claim 5, further comprising detentsreleasably securing said wave forming clamp member in closing engagementover said slide, and detents releasably securing said cap member inclosingengagement over said clamp member.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,225,454 Kayn Dec. 17, 1940

